Text:Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
Author:Rev. Georg Wiessel
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:TRURO

114. Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates

1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates,
Behold, the King of glory waits;
The King of kings is drawing near;
The Saviour of the world is here!

2 Fling wide the portals of your heart;
Make it a temple, set apart
From earthly use for Heaven's employ,
Adorned with prayer, and love, and joy.

3 Redeemer, come! I open wide
My heart to Thee; here, Lord, abide.
Let me Thy inner presence feel;
They grace and love in me reveal.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855)
Author: Rev. Georg Wiessel (1642)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: Jesus Christ the Lord: His Advent; Advent; Christ: advent of (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: TRURO
Meter: L. M.
Key: D Major
Source: T. Williams' "Psalmodia Evangelica," 1789



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